EP0549216B1 - Protection pour ouvertures architecturales - Google Patents

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EP0549216B1
EP0549216B1 EP92311350A EP92311350A EP0549216B1 EP 0549216 B1 EP0549216 B1 EP 0549216B1 EP 92311350 A EP92311350 A EP 92311350A EP 92311350 A EP92311350 A EP 92311350A EP 0549216 B1 EP0549216 B1 EP 0549216B1
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James M. Anthony
Brad H. Oberg
Wendell B. Colson
Brian M. Hoffmann
Eric N. Williams
Paul G. Swiszcz
Cornelis Marinus Jansen
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/24—Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blinds
    • E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
    • E06B9/28—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable
    • E06B9/30—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable liftable
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/24—Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blinds
    • E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
    • E06B9/262—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with flexibly-interconnected horizontal or vertical strips; Concertina blinds, i.e. upwardly folding flexible screens
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/24—Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blinds
    • E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
    • E06B9/28—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable
    • E06B9/34—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable roller-type; Roller shutters with adjustable lamellae
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/24—Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blinds
    • E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
    • E06B9/36—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with vertical lamellae ; Supporting rails therefor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/24—Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blinds
    • E06B2009/2423—Combinations of at least two screens
    • E06B2009/2435—Two vertical sheets and slats in-between

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  • the present invention relates to a covering assembly particularly for windows, doors and other architectural openings.
  • window covering assembly which includes a first and second generally parallel spaced apart vertically extending sheer fabrics having a plurality of spaced generally parallel transversely extending vanes fixedly secured to the first and second sheer fabrics to extend therebetween.
  • the sheer fabrics are often constructed of a translucent or transparent material and may be in the form of woven or knitted fabrics or non-woven fabrics or indeed may simply be sheets of plastics material.
  • the vanes are usually opaque or semi-opaque and by adjusting the relative positions of the sheer fabrics, the vanes can be caused to tilt relative to the sheer fabrics rather in the manner of the slats of a horizontal or vertical blind.
  • the vanes extend horizontally in such assemblies and the sheer fabrics are supported on a tilt roll which can also be used as a wind up roll.
  • vertical venetian blinds in which the individual vanes extend vertically; such assemblies have a head rail for opening and closing the assembly and for tilting the vanes when the assembly is in the closed position covering the opening.
  • FR-A-1309194 discloses a light control shade assembly comprising a shade member including first and second generally parallel spaced apart translucent sheets, each having at least two opposite parallel edges; a plurality of spaced longitudinal, parallel vertical vanes fixedly secured with opposite longitudinal edge portions to said first and second sheets to extend therebetween, parallel to said at least two opposite parallel edges; carrier means connected to said shade member to suspend said shade member in a planar condition, in which said shade member is effective in shading a predetermined area and in which condition the shade member is adapted to be manipulated to alter the angular orientation of the vanes between a closed position with a central portion of said vanes extending substantially parallel to the first and second sheets and an open position, with the central portion of the vanes extending generally perpendicular to said first and second sheets to obtain light control in the shaded area.
  • At least one of the first and second sheets has dimensional stability in substantially mutually perpendicular directions inclined to said opposite edges of said sheet.
  • the front and/or rear sheets have diagonal stability, when the vanes are operated, by one means or another, at the top, the diagonal stability ensures that the vanes operate equally well at their bottoms.
  • a fabric light control window covering (Figure 1) comprises first (front) and second (rear) parallel translucent or transparent fabric sides or faces 10,12 and a plurality of opaque or semi-opaque vanes 14 extending between the fabric sides with the vanes being angularly controllable by relative movement of the fabric sides.
  • the fabric sides are preferably sheer fabrics and will be so referenced hereafter.
  • the window covering has a neat and uniform construction and outer appearance in all degrees of light control.
  • the light control vanes are bonded to the sheer fabric utilizing linear application of a suitable adhesive along straight bond lines 16 and, thus, a high degree of controllability of the adhesive application process and bonding of the vane is obtained.
  • the precisely uniform construction improves the operation of the covering by preventing warps or distortions from developing over its life.
  • a feature of the present invention is attachment of the vanes to the sheer fabric sides such that the vanes tend to bias the window covering toward the minimum light admitting position.
  • a further feature of the invention in this respect is a novel heat setting of the three layers together in order to provide a uniform and wrinkle-free shade at any temperature in subsequent use.
  • Each vane has a edge portion bonded to the first sheet and an opposite edge portion bonded to the second sheet in a manner tending to bias the first and second sheets together.
  • the window covering according to the present invention is adjustable between a closed position, minimum or no light entry, preferably no see through, and an open position, maximum light entry.
  • the closed position is characterized by a central portion of the fabric strips being substantially parallel to the first and second sheer fabric sheets with the strips themselves being substantially planar; in this position, the front and rear sheets with vanes sandwiched therebetween are collapsed together.
  • the open position is characterized by the central portion of the fabric strips being substantially perpendicular to the first and second fabric sheets and to the bonded edge portions of the strips themselves; in this position the front and rear sheets are spaced apart the maximum distance. Also, characteristic of this position is that portions of the strips between the bonded edge portions and central portions form smoothly curving surfaces which are free of creases or sharp folds.
  • the central portions of the fabric strips are substantially flat and longitudinally extending hinge or flex points are provided parallel to the bonded edge portions.
  • the covering is adjustable between the two positions by relatively shifting the front and rear sheets 10,12. This action moves them closer and closer together until they are collapsed together. In intermediate positions the light control is achieved.
  • each vane When the window covering material is in a fully open, light admitting position, each vane has a central portion which is substantially perpendicular to the first and second sheer fabrics. Edge portions of the vanes, which are bonded to the sheer fabrics, are connected to the central portion by transition portions having a smoothly curving shape.
  • the adhesive bonding of the vanes allows formation without creases or sharp folds.
  • the smoothly curved nature of these transition portions in the fully open position, allows the vane to retain its resiliency and thus tends to bias the sheer fabrics into a closed or drawn together position. This ensures that the window covering does not lose its shape over time from repeated opening and closing. Furthermore, creases along the vanes can develop into failure points due to repeated bending inherent in the opening and closing of the window covering.
  • Moire effect must be avoided in the window covering.
  • sheer woven fabrics having small interstices between the fibers provide a pleasant and desirable appearance for the first (front) and second (rear) sheer fabrics, when the same or very similar material of this type is used for the first and second sheer fabrics, a moire pattern is created by the fabrics when viewed in overlaying relationship due to light interference effects.
  • This moire effect is eliminated in the present invention by providing for the first and second sheers woven and preferably knit fabrics of materials having differently sized, shape and/or oriented interstices.
  • the moire effect is also avoided by using a nonwoven sheer material as one or both of the first and second fabrics or by using a transparent plastic material as one or both of the first and second fabrics.
  • the first and second sheers must have different appearances when the sheer panels are viewed along an axis perpendicular to the planes of the first and second sheer fabrics.
  • the required difference in appearance between the first sheer and the second sheer can be achieved in several different ways.
  • the first or front sheer 10 can be a woven or knit fabric having interstices of one shape and size and the second or rear sheer 12 can be a woven or knit material having interstices of a second shape and/or size and/or orientation.
  • the threads of the first sheer may run at an angle in range 30 to 60° relative to the vertical but in a preferred form run at an angle of 45° relative to vertical.
  • the threads of the first sheer for example, may run diagonally, forming diamonds, whereas the threads of the second sheer may run orthogonally forming squares. With this relationship between first and second sheers, the appearance of a moire pattern can be avoided. Also, as described in more detail below, it is desirable that both sheer fabrics should have dimensional stability on the bias or diagonal.
  • nonwoven sheer material such as a plastic film material
  • a woven or knit material for the other of the sheers of the covering.
  • nonwoven sheer materials such as those formed from the same or different plastic fibres, can be used for both the first and second sheers.
  • a translucent or transparent plastic film material can also be used as the first and/or second fabric. The use of a transparent material for at least one of the first and second fabrics also avoids the moire effect.
  • the vane material must have a certain degree of softness.
  • a broad range of vane widths may be employed in window coverings in accordance with the present invention, it is difficult to precisely define an acceptable softness or stiffness range for the vane material.
  • a simple and effective physical test has been devised to determine whether a particular fabric is suitable for vanes having a specific vane width.
  • the fabric being tested is allowed to hang over the edge of a table such that the distance from the edge of the fabric to the table top equals the desired vane width. If this width of fabric hangs substantially vertically, then it has sufficient softness for a vane of that vane width. For example, if a fabric is being tested for use as a 50mm wide vane, the edge of the fabric is extended 50mm beyond the edge of the table. If the extended 50mm of the fabric hangs substantially vertically from the table edge, it is suitable for use as a 50mm wide vane material. If the extended 50mm of the fabric does not hang substantially vertically, the fabric is too stiff to produce 50mm wide vanes having the gently curved appearance.
  • Stiffer fabrics i.e., those which do not hang substantially vertically over a table edge at the length of the desired vane width, can also be used as the vane material.
  • a stiffer fabric is used for the vanes, longitudinally extending hinge or flex points must be provided along the edges of the vanes.
  • the use of a stiffer fabric provided with hinge points produces a covering having a somewhat different appearance. In these circumstances, vanes have a straighter appearance and have a sharp bend at the hinge points, rather than a gently curving portion.
  • the hinge points may be provided by score-compressing a stiff vane material, parallel to the longitudinal edges of the vane material.
  • the score-compressed lines formed in the stiff vane material are spaced apart from the longitudinal edge of the vane material a distance sufficient to allow adhesive lines to be applied to the vane material between the longitudinal edge of the vane material and the score-compressed line.
  • a structure of the above type can also be produced using a soft vane material as previously described.
  • a stiffening agent is printed on the vane material in the central portion thereof to provide flatter vanes.
  • the longitudinal edges of the vane material are left free of stiffening agent and the required hinge points are formed at the longitudinally extending edges of the printed on stiffening agent.
  • the adhesive lines are applied to the longitudinal edges of the vane material, which longitudinal edges have been left free of stiffening agent.
  • the vanes are formed of a black-out laminate material to maximize the room darkening effect of the window covering when the vanes are oriented in the closed position.
  • a suitable black-out laminate material is a three play laminate comprising a polyester film such as MYLAR sandwiched between two layers of a spun bonded or spun laced polyester nonwoven material.
  • Such a three play laminate has, by virtue of its construction, a greater stiffness than most single ply materials. Accordingly, score-compressed hinge points could be provided in the black-out laminate vane material if necessary.
  • a stiffened central portion of the vanes is formed from a black-out laminate material.
  • the longitudinal edges of the vanes are left free of the black-out laminate to provide the required hinge points and flexibility along the edges of the vanes.
  • the black-out laminate is provided only on the central portion of the vanes, it is desirable to space the vanes closer together than described above in order to ensure that the black-out laminated central portions overlap when the covering is closed, for maximum room darkening effect.
  • the overlap of the vanes is preferable about 13mm.
  • vane material is vinyl or a laminate of a nonwoven material and a vinyl material.
  • vinyl materials and laminates of nonwoven material and a vinyl material provide an increased room darkening effect but are soft enough that score-compressed hinge points are not required.
  • score-compressed hinge points could be provided if necessary.
  • an interference pattern or moire effect can result.
  • a nonwoven fabric is used for the vane material
  • the problem of a moire effect in the covering when it is closed is avoided.
  • a basic woven material will give a moire effect because this type of material has a very ordered orthogonal surface structure.
  • a crepe woven materials can be used as the vane material because crepe woven materials have a much more randomly oriented surface structure.
  • the surface of the woven or knit material can be altered to randomize the surface fibers, for example, by sanding, napping or calenderizing.
  • first and second sheer fabrics and vanes of various colours, and combinations of colours are contemplated within the scope of the present invention.
  • dark sheer material can be used for the first and second sheers because dark colours reflect less light than lighter colours.
  • white or light coloured sheer materials provide a more translucent effect when the covering is open.
  • the vanes may be the same colour or a different colour than the first and second sheer fabrics.
  • a problem of glue line show-through has been experienced, however, when the vane material is a dark colour and the first and second sheer fabrics are of a considerably lighter colour or white.
  • a small amount of whitener is added to the adhesive before it is applied to the vane material.
  • a particularly suitable whitener is titanium dioxide.
  • the addition of this whitening pigment to the adhesive eliminates the problem of dark coloured glue lines being visible in a covering wherein a dark coloured vane is adhesively bonded to a lighter coloured sheer fabric.
  • the addition of titanium dioxide to the glue can be a way to dull the glue lines.
  • the machine-direction stiffness of the treated fabric is advantageously and significantly increased with a slight decreased in cross-direction stiffness of the treated fabric.
  • the strips used for the vanes are cut from the treated fabric.
  • a high ratio of machine-direction stiffness to cross-direction stiffness is desirable in the treated fabric, particularly when the treated fabric is to be fabricated into vanes.
  • the ratio of machine-direction stiffness to cross-direction stiffness for treated fabric according to this invention can range from between about 3:1 to 50:1, or more.
  • the fabric is treated with a low percentage (up to about 5%) by weight solids add on of a binder composition.
  • the preferred binder composition is applied to the woven textile material in an amount of about 2% by weight solids add on.
  • the binder composition with which the woven textile material is treated can be any suitable composition capable of filling the interstices in the woven textile material to bind the individual fibers.
  • suitable types of binder compositions include elastomers which are capable of binding the individual fibers of the woven textile material and which are resistant to ultraviolet (UV) radiation and to breakdown or degradation due to other environmental factors.
  • Especially preferred compositions are elastomeric acrylics and elastomeric urethane-type compositions.
  • the maximum spacing of the front and rear sheers is dependent on the vane width. According to the invention vane widths of 50 to 150mm before assembly are used but 63.5 to 100mm widths are preferred. In the best mode for carrying out the invention the maximum spacing between the front and rear fabrics is 67mm using vanes 89mm wide with 76mm spacing between successive vanes to achieve an appropriate vane overlap.
  • the covering is opened and closed by moving the front and rear sheer fabrics 10 and 12 horizontally relative to each other, conveniently by forces which are applied to the top edges of the respective sheers by actuators, or the like yet to be described.
  • the sheers are moved in the horizontal directions indicated by arrows C and D.
  • the front sheer 10 should be dimensionally stable diagonally, i.e., in the direction of arrows A, and the back sheer 12 should also be dimensionally stable in the direction of arrows B.
  • the front sheer 10 should be dimensionally stable in the direction of arrows B and the back sheer 12 should be dimensionally stable in the direction of arrows A.
  • Knitted fabrics can be formed in numerous configurations including those where the knitted yarns run diagonally of the fabric and thus promote the desired stability.
  • Commercially available knitted patterns are illustrated in Figures 1a and 1b and either would be suitable for use in the present invention.
  • the front sheer 10 i.e., that facing the interior of the room, formed of a knit material such as that illustrated in Figure 1b.
  • This is a tulle-type fabric made on a warp knitter which is characterized by diamond-shaped interstices 27.
  • the diamond shapes effectively counter diagonal forces as well as help to cancel out moire patterns in conjunction with the more orthogonal structure of the rear sheer.
  • the rear sheer 12 which generally faces the window or outdoors, is best formed of a knit material such as that illustrated in Figure 1a.
  • This type of fabric is also made on a warp knitter. It will be seen that such a fabric, as viewed under the microscope, has a plurality of generally parallel bundles of yarn. These bundles are joined by a plurality of generally transverse extending very fine yarns 15,17,19,21. These yarns extend diagonally upward and to the right at slightly different angles to the horizontal on one side of each bundle 1 and extend downwardly and to the left, again at these different angles to the other side of the bundles.
  • the above-described fabric structure produces diagonal dimensional stability to the fabric in the direction of the arrows A and B in Figure 1 and yet provides considerable lateral softness and longitudinal strength.
  • the fabric light control window or door covering is to be supported from carriage assemblies 20 ( Figure 2) that have freely rotatably mounted wheels 22 that ride on tracks 24 defined by a conventional drapery track generally designated as 26.
  • the main body 28 of the carriage is a plastic molded body in which is held a bearing for a gear 30, easily pushed into the body, and is in meshing engagement with a worm 32 journalled in body 28 and operated by a splined tilt rod 34 which extends through the worms of all the carriers.
  • Rotation of rod 34 via a wand, cord 35 ( Figure 13), or the like drives worm 32 causing worm gear 30 to rotate.
  • a stop may be included to confine worm gear 30 to less than 360° rotation.
  • a threaded shaft 40 is fixed to worm gear 30 and extends below or depends from the main body 28 via bearing projection 31 and has an L shaped actuator control element 42 fixed thereon by a nut 43 holding the horizontal leg of element 42 fixed to shaft 40.
  • Shaft 40 extends further downwardly passing freely through an actuator arm 44 and has a pair of nuts 46 threaded onto its lower end to lock and establish a stop and provide height adjustment.
  • Arm 44 extends for a distance at least equal to the maximum opening of the covering, e.g., 67mm and at either end is connected with a hanger or an attachment member 50 consisting of a paddle like lower end having a hole 52 adjacent its lower free end and an upper end that is freely pivotally mounted in the end of arm 44 by any conventional mounting means.
  • a spring 58 is fixed at one end to the arm 44, such as by passing through hole 54 in arm 44 and being bent or crimped. The other end of spring 58 is fixed to the depending leg of actuator element 42 in a like manner.
  • Hanger 50 may consist of a body 70 in the form of a T with a pair of deflectable spaced headed or barbed connectors 72 extending upwardly from the top of the cross bar of the T for insertion into the hole at the end of arm 44 as shown in Figure 3.
  • a hole at the lower end of the depending leg of the T cooperates with a pin 73 having a pair of spaced deflectable barbed heads.
  • the light control covering is mounted on the arm 44 by attaching one hanger 50 to the front sheer, on its inside face precisely at the glue joint formed between a vane and the front sheer.
  • the other hanger 50 at the other end of arm 44 is attached to the inside face of the rear sheer at a point displaced from the glue joint for the same vane in the direction toward the front sheer attachment for that vane.
  • the top inside edge of the front and rear sheers can be provided with a reinforcing strip 74 so pin 72 can clamp the top edge of the sheers to hangers as shown in Figure 3.
  • the light control covering is mounted over a window with its vanes extending vertically.
  • Actuator arms 44 of the respective carriers 20 are preferably attached to the covering for every other vane as shown in Figure 5, which shows the covering fully extended over a window or other opening and in the open position (maximum light passage).
  • the carrier may be provided at every third or fourth vane.
  • the tilt rod is rotated, driving each worm 32, worm gear 30, shaft 40 and rotating each actuator 42 which in turn, through spring 58, carries arm 44 around shaft 40 bringing the covering to its closed position. At this time, since there is little resistance to rotation of arm 44, spring 58 is not substantially extended or loaded.
  • the carriers are not all moved at the same time to the retracted position of the light control window covering.
  • a first carrier is moved towards an adjacent second carrier by means of a cord, spindle or the like.
  • the first carrier moves the second carrier towards the next carrier adjacent to the second carrier, and so on.
  • the panels of the already abutting carriers will be folded upon themselves whereby the remaining panels will still be in the slightly overclosed position. Consequently, the panels are successively collapsed and fold upon themselves.
  • the springs 58 store rotational energy in the actuator arms 44 when the sheers have been closed upon themselves and release the stored energy when the covering is retracted across the window opening causing the panels to fold neatly on themselves with the actuator arms 44 all parallel and perpendicular to the track rail 26.
  • the actuator arms are 74.6mm long and the hangers for holding the top edges of the front and rear sheers are 76.2mm wide outside-to-outside or approximately equal to the vane spacing of 76.2mm for 88.9mm vanes. Because of the S shape or curving of the vanes and because the hangers are not parallel to the vanes, the maximum spacing of the front and rear sheers is, by way of example, 66.7mm. Most of the components noted in the above description are injection molded plastic parts.
  • the front fabric may be polyester of about 23.7gm/m 2 (from about 4.7-47.5gm/m 2 ) and is a tulle knit with a diamond pattern.
  • the rear fabric may also be polyester of the same weight and is a warp knit with diagonal threads and has an orthogonal pattern.
  • the principal characteristic of the rear fabric is the necessity for stability on the bias or diagonal.
  • the vanes are a woven polyester of a weight of 47.5gm/m 2 (about 24-95gm/m 2 ) weight.
  • the vanes are preferably opaque but may be translucent for privacy.
  • a stiffener tape is attached to the inside top edges of the front and rear fabrics to enable reinforcement to be able to hang the fabrics on the hangers depending from the actuator arms. Grommets could be used for this purpose, if desired.
  • Weights (about 15gm weight) are attached to the bottom edge portions on the inside of every other vane at its front and rear portions directly below the attachment points to the hangers, one 15gm weight per specified location.
  • the tilt rod can be operated by a wand or by one or two pull cords 35 as already known in the art, see Figure 13.
  • the carriers or carriages may be associated with spacers which can be metal strips that fit through slots in the carriers and have stops at each end so the lead carrier can be traversed on the track by a cord arrangement and successively draw out the rest of carriers in appropriate spacing. When retracting the carriers, the lead carrier is drawn back and the strips slip through their slots to allow the carriers to stack at one end.
  • a scissors spacer can be used. Both are known and are coupled to the carriers in a known way.
  • the carriers can be provided with a coupling arrangement between the drive shaft and the actuator to effect over-closing and a tilt toward collapse with a slight force favouring collapse upon relief, or an arrangement as shown in Figures 10-12 whereby a return force is imposed on the actuator arm 44', such as, by a weight or cam member 80 riding on top of the worm gear 30' and cooperating or coupling therewith via interfitting inclined camming surfaces 90.
  • the weight 80 is keyed to the shaft 40' which carries actuator arm 44' by keys 84.
  • the worm gear 30' is freely rotatable about shaft 40' and is retained in the carrier body 28' by a snap ring 86 or the like.
  • the worm gear drives the actuator through the coupling formed by the interfitting inclined surfaces 90 on the gear 30' and weight 80. Resistance resulting from over-closing, however, will cause the worm gear to drive the weight up the incline out of coupling engagement with gear 30' and store energy in the weight for driving the actuator when the resistance is relieved by the weight dropping back into register with the inclined surface on the worm gear.
  • the actuator 44'' is carried by a shaft 40'' depending from a rotary cam 92 in the carrier body 28'' which in this case has a closed top 94.
  • the worm gear 30'' is mounted above the cam for rotation about a shaft 96 and the worm gear and cam have interfitting inclined camming surfaces 90''.
  • a coil spring 98 may be provided to exert downward pressure on the worm gear.
  • the cam and actuator are rotated by the worm gear through the interfitting surfaces 90''.
  • the worm gear will be lifted against the pressure of spring 98, for energy storage.
  • the spring pushes the worm down back into engagement with the cam, thereby rotating the cam and actuator.
  • the worm gear itself may comprise a weight for energy storage and the spring can be omitted.
  • the arrangement of Figure 14 does not lift the actuator during overtilting.
  • the interfitting inclined cam surface can be so shaped that the holders are naturally returned to a fixed home centre position.
  • This arrangement is particularly helpful when one is using a single control or so called “mono-command" arrangement which provides both movement of the carriers and tilting of the vanes.
  • the reason for this is that with this "mono-command" system, when one operates the control with a view to moving the carriers in the opposite direction from previously, the first thing that happens when the panels are in the collapsed position (light control window covering being retracted) is that the vanes are starting to tilt in the direction in which the window covering would give maximum light passage when it is in its fully expanded condition.
  • the actuators will be loaded in a direction opposite to the direction in which the actuators are loaded when the window covering is in its overclosed position.
  • the end carrier begins to move, thereby allowing subsequent vanes to tilt to their maximum light passage condition whereby the actuators will be unloaded.
  • the window covering can be closed by operating the mono-command arrangement in an opposite direction.
  • the vanes will close and will all substantially lie in one plane as previously described. Upon further operation of the mono-command system the vanes will overclose and the actuator will be loaded as described earlier.
  • the end carrier starts to move towards the collapsed condition of the window covering and the panels will fold in a zigzag way whereby the actuators will become unloaded.
  • the actuators must therefore be capable of loading in either direction so as to enable this operation to take place in either one direction or the other.
  • the actuator 44′′′ is carried on a shaft 40′′′ rotatably mounted in carrier body 28′′′ and having a cam 92′′′ at the top of the shaft.
  • the worm gear 30′′′ is rotatably mounted about the shaft and interfitting V-shaped camming surfaces 90′′′ are again provided on the worm gear and cam.
  • the worm gear sits on a coil spring 98′′′ at the base of body 28′′′.
  • the worm gear is cammed downwardly against the bias of the spring 98′′′ by cam 92′′′ and when the resistance is decreased the worm gear is sprung back up to re-engage the surfaces 90′′′ and rotate the actuator 44′′′.
  • the system for operating the opening and closing of the window covering and the system for tilting the hangers may be separated (individual operation) or may be combined in a mono-command system (combined operation), which systems are well known in the art. In the latter case, it will be possible to move the carriers and tilt the hangers by operation of one simple wand, cord or the like. Furthermore, the above operation may be actuated by motor drive means which are operable by means of, for example, a remote control unit.
  • FIG 16 Another structure of carriage suitable for carrying this out is illustrated in Figure 16 in which like parts have been indicated by like reference numerals to those of Figure 10, but with the addition of the reference letter A.
  • the worm gear 30A is again urged downwardly by a spring 98A and is provided with a lower cam surface 80A provided with opposite flat portion 80B.
  • a cam member 90A is fixedly secured to the housing 28A of the carrier and has cam surfaces 81A and 81B complementary to surfaces 80A and 80B respectively.
  • Cam member 90 is of annular form allowing for the passage of the downwardly extending threaded shaft 40A fixedly secured to the worm gear 30A.
  • the actuator arm 44A is provided with a central bearing sleeve 82, preferably of metal, which is freely rotatable about the threaded shaft 40A.
  • a locking ring 83 Threaded onto the shaft 40A is a locking ring 83, the lower surface of which bears against the upper surface of the bearing sleeve 82.
  • This sleeve is provided with an upwardly extending projection 82A which is capable of being engaged in one of a plurality of circumferentially spaced indentations 83A in the lower surface of the ring 83. (See Figure 17).
  • a wing nut 85 Located below the bearing ring 82 is a wing nut 85 which can be screwed up to bear against the lower surface of the ring 82.
  • a spring holding plate 87 having an aperture therein for the passage of the shaft 40A, the latter having a key way 40B engaged by a key 87A on the plate 87. In this way the plate 87 is caused to rotate with the shaft 40A.
  • a spring 58A is connected to the plate 87 as shown and also to the arm 44A.
  • the wing nut 85 In order to initially adjust the height of the arm 44A the wing nut 85 is loosened downwardly which enables the locking ring 83 to be rotated. In this way, if it is rotated upwardly, then when the wing nut is again tightened, the arm will be raised to a higher level.
  • this operation can be carried out readily by the installer.
  • the cam surfaces 80A and 81A will ride up one another to give a further raising of the arm 44A.
  • the fully opened position will be determined by the flats 80B and 81B engaging one another. If necessary, a suitable ridge and groove can be provided in these flats to determine accurately the perpendicular position of the vanes.
  • the cams will be such as to allow the worm gear 30A to fall again, thereby lowering the arm 44A, progressively as the vanes move to the closed position.
  • the spring 58A will operate as previously.
  • the arm 44A can move equally in either rotational sense and the provision of a plate 87 keyed to the shaft 40A, the spring 58A will provide a fixed home centre position for the arm 44A and thus of the associated vane.
  • spring 58A and plate 87 would be a C shaped spring having its centre portion secured to the shaft 40, 40A and its side arms engaging one on each side of the arm 44, 44A. This again will provide for a fixed home centre position.
  • each end vane instead of providing for the end vane of any of the blinds described above to be capable of being turned, provision can be made for each end vane always to be fixed in the "open" position, i.e. perpendicular to the sheer fabrics. This can assist in ensuring that the window covering stacks neatly as shown in Figure 8, as the covering is drawn back to the fully open position. It is particularly useful when the covering for a window comprises two parts, one which is stacked to the left of a window and the other to the right, as with conventional curtains or drapes.
  • vanes could be controlled so that they remain closed as the window covering is expanded towards the closed window covering position.
  • the hangers may be coupled directly to the vanes.
  • the vanes, which are directly tilted by the hangers should be sufficiently stiff to operate the window covering from its open towards its closed and collapsed condition.
  • FIG. 18 there is again shown a window covering formed in the same manner with two sheer fabrics 10,12 and vanes 14. Secured to the sheer fabric 10 at one end thereof is a first end rail 102 and secured to the other end of the second sheer fabric 12 is a second end rail 103.
  • the first end rail 102 is mounted on a bracket 158 having a first arm 156 associated with two sliding carriers 152,154 slidable in the track 122 and a second arm 160 engaged in end rail 102.
  • the lower end of the head rail 102 is shown as not riding in a track but it is conceived that it could ride in a lower track similar to upper track 122.
  • vanes 14 are provided with runners 162.
  • every third vane 14 is provided with a runner 162.
  • This may be in the form of a plastics material plate having an upwardly extending pin with a head on it, which rides in the track 122.
  • the second end rail 103 is preferably fixed, e.g. as at 145 to the floor.
  • a headrail 240 in which are mounted a plurality of sliding carriers 242 which are preferably provided with wheels (not shown) for running along guide tracks formed in the headrails. Movement of the carriers 242 can be effected in any suitable manner but as shown a cord system 246 is provided.
  • the assembly of carriers in the headrail may be generally similar to that disclosed in US Patent 3996988 in the name Dwight or in US Patent 4267875, in the name Koks.
  • a tilt rod may be provided and this may be rotated by a pulley with a bead chain 250.
  • the tilt rod is associated with a worm and worm wheel, as in Koks US Patent 4267875, and the worm wheel in each carrier is connected to a separate hanger 252.
  • a window covering 210 comprising front and rear sheer fabrics 270,272 between which extends vanes 274, which are connected to the fabrics 270,272 in any suitable way e.g. by adhesive.
  • the upper ends of the vanes 274 are mounted on the hangers 252. It will appreciated that the operation of the vanes can be effected by operation of the bead chain 250 rotating the pulley which in turn rotates the tilt rod.
  • the end one 43 of the carriers will be pulled to the left or the right. Since these carriers have associated with them spacers 275, movement to the right of the end carrier 243 will cause the adjacent carrier 242 to move to the right with it and then the subsequent carriers will also in turn move to the right to provide the right spacing.
  • sheer fabrics 312,314 are connected to circumferentially spaced apart fixing means 320,322 on a wind up roll 324 which is mounted with its longitudinal axis extending generally vertically to one side of the frame of a window. The lower end of the roll can be fixed to the floor or to a location below the window. Vanes 316 extend between fabrics 312 and 314.
  • a cord reel 326 Associated with the roll 324, at the upper end thereof, is a cord reel 326 and a control pulley 330 at the end adjacent the reel 326.
  • Rotation of the wind up roll 324 can be effected by operation of a cord, for example a bead cord 332 wrapped around the control pulley 330.
  • a motor drive could be provided. This rotation is also imparted to the cord reel 326.
  • a tension cord 334 which also passes around a fixed pulley 338 and is connected to the upper end of an end rail 342 having, in its interior, a tension spring 344 to the upper end of which is attached the end of the tension cord 334.
  • the end rail 342 is attached to the second sheer fabric 314 only.
  • a horizontal track 350 Extending generally horizontally above the window covering 310 is a horizontal track 350 in which are horizontally movable two sliding carriers 352,354 which are attached to one arm 356 of the right angled bracket 358 having a second, lower arm 360 secured to the end rail 342 so that the latter can hang downwardly and be supported by the sliding carriers 352,354 in the track 350.
  • the lower end of the end rail 342 is not secured although it could be guided in a further track at the bottom.
  • initial movement of the wind up roll 324 will effect the change of the relative angles of the vanes 316 to the sheer fabrics 312,314 and further movement will cause the covering 310 to wind up on the roll 324.
  • the sliding carriers 352,354 will slide along the track 350 carrying the end rail 342 with them.
  • FIG 23 a further rather different structure is illustrated.
  • This structure has the pleats of the sheer fabrics extending generally vertically.
  • the structure of Figure 23 employs a headrail 540 in which are mounted a plurality of sliding carriers 542 which are preferably provided with wheels (not shown) for running along guide tracks 544 formed in the headrail. Movement of the carriers 542 can be effective in any suitable manner but as shown a cord system 546 is provided.
  • the assembly of carriers in the headrail may be generally similar to that disclosed in US Patent 3996988 in the name Dwight or in US Patent 4267875, in the name Koks.
  • a tilt rod 547 is provided and this may be rotated by a pulley 548 with a bead chain 550.
  • the tilt rod 547 is associated with a worm and worm wheel, as in Koks US Patent 4267875, and the worm wheel in each carrier is connected to a separate hanger 552.
  • pleats 518,520,524,526 extend vertically as do vanes 528.
  • the upper ends of the vanes are mounted on the hangers 552.
  • the operation of the vanes can be effected by operation of the bead chain 550 rotating the pulley 548 which in turn rotates the tilt rod 547. Rotation of this tilt rod will effect rotation of the worm wheel and pinion (not shown) which will in turn cause the hangers 552 to rotate about their respective vertical axes. This rotation will, it will be appreciated, cause tilting of the vanes 528 about their respective vertical axes.
  • the end one 543 of the carriers will be pulled to the left or the right. Since these carriers have associated with them spacers 554, movement to the right of the end carrier 543 will cause the adjacent carrier 542 to move to the right with it and then the subsequent carriers will also in turn move to the right to provide the right spacing.
  • a first end rail 560 is associated with the right hand end of the sheer fabrics.
  • This end rail can be mounted on its own hanger which would then be associated with the end carrier 543, or it can be mounted on the same carrier as the right hand most vane. This end rail will then move with the end carrier and will act as a positive end to the "curtain" formed by the blind assembly of the invention.
  • a second end rail 564 may, if desired, be provided at the other end. However, neither of the end rails are absolutely essential with the structure.

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  1. Ensemble de store à commande de la lumière comprenant
    a) un élément de store comportant
    i) des première et seconde feuilles translucides espacées, généralement parallèles, (10, 12, 270, 273, 312, 314), chacune comportant au moins deux bords parallèles opposés,
    ii) une pluralité de lattes verticales parallèles, longitudinales et espacées (14, 274, 316) fixées par leurs parties de bord longitudinal opposées auxdites première et seconde feuilles afin de s'étendre entre celles-ci, parallèlement auxdits au moins deux bords parallèles opposés,
    b) des moyens de support (20, 162, 242, 352 - 360) reliés audit élément de store afin de suspendre ledit élément de store à l'état plan, dans lequel ledit élément de store est efficace pour protéger une surface prédéterminée, et dans une position dans laquelle l'élément de store est conçu pour être manoeuvré afin de modifier l'orientation angulaire des lattes entre une position fermée dans laquelle une partie centrale desdites lattes s'étend sensiblement parallèlement aux première et seconde feuilles, et une position ouverte, dans laquelle la partie centrale des lattes s'étend généralement perpendiculairement auxdites première et seconde feuilles afin de réaliser une commande de la lumière dans la surface protégée et
       dans lequel au moins une desdites première et seconde feuilles présente une stabilité dimensionnelle dans des directions sensiblement mutuellement perpendiculaires (A, B) inclinées par rapport auxdits bords opposés de ladite feuille.
  2. Ensemble selon la revendication 1, dans lequel au moins une desdites première et seconde feuilles est un tissu fin comportant des fils disposés en biais par rapport auxdits bords parallèles opposés.
  3. Ensemble selon la revendication 2, dans lequel lesdites première et seconde feuilles sont toutes deux des tissus fins et dans lequel l'autre tissu fin comporte des fils perpendiculaires et parallèles auxdits bords parallèles opposés, ainsi que des fils en boucle supplémentaires s'étendant en diagonale.
  4. Ensemble selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'une desdites première et seconde feuilles est un tissu en tulle comportant des interstices en forme de losange (27), ayant un grand axe et un petit axe, ledit grand axe s'étendant sensiblement parallèlement auxdits bords parallèles opposés, et dans lequel l'autre desdites première et seconde feuilles comprend un tissu tricoté comprenant des fils (11) s'étendant sensiblement verticalement et une pluralité de fils de fourrure (15, 17, 19, 21) s'étendant entre les fils verticaux (11) en angle aigu par rapport aux bords parallèles opposés.
  5. Ensemble selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les moyens de support comprennent une pluralité de dispositifs d'actionnement (44) suspendant ledit élément de store dans un plan vertical, lesdits dispositifs d'actionnement étant reliés, à intervalle espacé, à la partie de bord supérieur dudit élément de store, et à un mécanisme d'entraînement destiné à faire tourner lesdits dispositifs d'actionnement afin d'incliner les lattes entre les positions ouverte et fermée.
  6. Ensemble selon la revendication 5, dans lequel chaque dit dispositif d'actionnement (44) comprend une paire d'éléments de suspension (50) pendants fixés aux première et seconde feuilles respectives.
  7. Ensemble selon la revendication 6, dans lequel l'un des éléments de suspension (50) pendants d'une paire est relié à l'emplacement auquel une latte est fixée à l'une des feuilles.
  8. Ensemble selon la revendication 7, dans lequel l'autre élément de suspension (50) pendant de chaque paire est relié à l'autre feuille au niveau d'un emplacement situé entre deux lattes adjacentes.
  9. Ensemble selon la revendication 5, dans lequel les dispositifs d'actionnement (44) sont reliés directement aux lattes.
  10. Ensemble selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5, 6 ou 7, dans lequel les dispositifs d'actionnement (44) sont fixés à l'élément de store au niveau d'une latte sur deux.
  11. Ensemble selon la revendication 6 ou la revendication 8, dans lequel chacune desdites première et seconde feuilles comporte une bande de renforcement s'étendant le long d'un bord supérieur de celle-ci, et dans lequel chaque élément de suspension (50) pendant d'une paire est fixé à une bande respective desdites bandes de renforcement.
  12. Ensemble selon la revendication 5, 6, 7 ou 8, dans lequel chaque dispositif de support comprend un mécanisme d'entraînement en rotation (30, 32, 40) destiné à faire tourner lesdits dispositifs d'actionnement (44) afin de faire tourner les lattes, et un moyen d'entraînement en inclinaison par rotation (34) associé à tous lesdits mécanismes d'entraînement afin de faire tourner simultanément tous lesdits dispositifs d'actionnement.
  13. Ensemble selon la revendication 5, dans lequel lesdits moyens de support comprennent une piste de guidage (28, 122, 240, 350) et une pluralité de chariots (20, 158, 162, 242, 352 - 360) montés de façon à pouvoir se déplacer en coulissant le long de ladite piste, entre une position rentrée et une position étendue, chacun desdits chariots étant associé à l'un desdits dispositifs d'actionnement afin d'être relié à la partie de bord supérieur dudit élément de store.
  14. Ensemble selon la revendication 13, comprenant en outre des moyens destinés à appliquer une force sur ledit élément de store dans la position fermée des lattes et dans la position étendue de l'élément de store, de sorte que quand ledit élément de store est déplacé en direction de la position rentrée, la force appliquée est relâchée et que l'élément de store est poussé à se replier.
  15. Ensemble selon la revendication 14, dans lequel chaque dispositif de support comprend des moyens d'accumulation et de libération d'énergie (58, 90, 92) montés entre le mécanisme d'entraînement et les dispositifs d'actionnement (44) afin d'accumuler de l'énergie dans le dispositif d'actionnement dans la position entièrement étendue et fermée de l'élément de store, et de libérer ladite énergie afin de permettre une rotation supplémentaire de l'élément d'actionnement lorsque ladite résistance est relâchée par déplacement des chariots depuis la position entièrement étendue jusqu'à une position de regroupement, de manière à empiler l'écran en plis sensiblement parallèles.
  16. Ensemble selon la revendication 15, dans lequel lesdits moyens d'accumulation et de libération d'énergie comprennent un moyen élastique de mise sous tension.
  17. Ensemble selon la revendication 15, dans lequel lesdits moyens d'accumulation et de libération d'énergie comprennent un moyen de contrepoids pouvant être déplacé en s'opposant à la gravité.
  18. Ensemble selon la revendication 15, dans lequel un dispositif de support d'extrémité parmi lesdits dispositifs de support (28', 28A) comprend des moyens (82, 85) permettant de régler la hauteur du dispositif d'actionnement.
  19. Ensemble selon la revendication 17, dans lequel chaque dispositif d'actionnement (44) est monté sur un arbre tournant (40) pendant dudit dispositif de support, dans lequel ledit mécanisme d'entraînement comprend un pignon mené (30) monté en rotation autour dudit arbre, un contrepoids (80) monté sur ledit arbre au-dessus dudit pignon mené pour coulisser sur ledit arbre et tourner avec celui-ci, et dans lequel lesdits moyens d'accumulation et de libération d'énergie comprennent un accouplement glissant entre le contrepoids et ledit pignon afin d'accoupler le pignon et l'arbre pendant le déplacement des lattes entre les positions ouverte et fermée, afin de soulever le contrepoids hors d'enclenchement avec le pignon lorsque le dispositif d'actionnement se bloque en rencontrant ladite résistance, et afin de permettre au contrepoids de retomber en enclenchement avec le pignon avec rotation de l'arbre et du dispositif d'actionnement lorsque ladite résistance est supprimée.
  20. Ensemble selon l'une quelconque des revendications 13 à 15, dans lequel ledit au moins un dispositif de support (158, 352 - 360) comprend un support d'extrémité relié à une tringle d'extrémité mobile (102, 342) reliée à un premier bord latéral vertical dudit élément de store, et dans lequel le bord vertical opposé de l'élément de store est fixe.
  21. Ensemble selon la revendication 15 ou la revendication 16, dans lequel chaque dispositif de support comprend un arbre tournant (40) s'étendant à partir dudit dispositif de support et relié audit dispositif d'actionnement (44), un pignon mené monté dans ledit support, coaxialement et avec faculté de rotation par rapport audit arbre, dans lequel les moyens d'accumulation et de libération d'énergie comprennent un élément de came (92), et dans lequel l'élément de came et le pignon mené (30) sont dotés de surfaces de came pour engrènement mutuel, pouvant être déplacés hors d'engrènement afin d'accoupler et de désaccoupler le pignon et l'arbre de manière à accumuler de l'énergie dans les moyens d'accouplement.
  22. Ensemble selon la revendication 21, comprenant un ressort destiné à pousser le pignon mené vers l'engrènement avec l'élément de came.
  23. Ensemble selon la revendication 16, dans lequel ledit élément de commande de l'actionneur comprend un élément (42) conçu pour venir en contact avec une première partie du dispositif d'actionnement (44) lorsque les lattes sont dans les positions ouverte et fermée et que le ressort est dans sa position rentrée, et pour venir en contact avec une seconde partie du dispositif d'actionnement (44) afin de limiter la poursuite de la rotation du mécanisme d'entraînement et de permettre une extension maximum du ressort et une accumulation maximum d'énergie dans le dispositif d'actionnement.
  24. Ensemble selon la revendication 19, ou l'une quelconque des revendications 2, 21 à 23, dans lequel des moyens sont prévus à l'extrémité de l'ensemble afin de soulever uniquement le dispositif d'actionnement d'extrémité.
  25. Ensemble selon la revendication 24, et comprenant en outre des moyens destinés à soulever encore plus le dispositif d'actionnement lorsque les lattes sont inclinées jusqu'à une position sensiblement perpendiculaire aux première et seconde feuilles.
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